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Answering the “Runaway Scenario”: Constitutional Whack-a-Mole

July 21, 2021 Rob Natelson 0

In modern conditions, it is literally impossible for an amendments convention to exceed its authority; the “run away” scenario is designed only to frighten and […]

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The First Woman to Serve as President of a Convention of States

December 30, 2018 Rob Natelson 0

The interstate convention held in Phoenix, Arizona in September, 2017 was the first convention of states since 1949, the first national (general) convention of states […]

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First-Ever Legal Treatise On the Constitution’s Amendment Process!

December 13, 2018 Rob Natelson 0

Independence Institute Senior Fellow Rob Natelson has written the first legal treatise covering constitutional amendment law. The work, published by Apis Books, focuses on the […]

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Are recent “rescissions” of Article V applications valid?

November 16, 2018 Rob Natelson 0

Many recent state legislative Article V rescissions suffer from defects the courts call “material mistakes.” A material mistake can void some legal documents. Article V […]

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The Founders Pointed to Article V as a Cure for Federal Abuse

November 14, 2018 Rob Natelson 0

I recently came across one of those silly websites in which a writer largely ignorant of the Constitution’s background purports to lecture us about it. […]

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Comparing an Article V Convention to a National Party Convention is Absurd

October 30, 2018 Rob Natelson 0

This article first appeared at the Independence Institute Constitutional Studies website. Some alarmists are comparing an Article V convention to the Republican and Democratic National […]

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Simulation Shows What An Amendments Convention Would Be Like

How would an Article V “convention for proposing amendments” work? What would be its agenda? What about its procedures? How would voting be conducted?

History and constitutional law provide the answer to most of those questions, but it also helps to have a specific modern example. That is why Citizens for Self Governance sponsored a simulated convention of states at Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia on September 21 through 23.

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Curing Federal Dysfunction by Constitutional Amendment:
A Primer

By Professor Rob Natelson

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